The voluntary sector and health policy: The role of national level health consumer and patients' organisations in the UK

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 202-209

  Baggott, Rob ^a   Jones, Kathryn ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health consumer and patients' organisations; Impact; Policy; UK; Voluntary health sector

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY REFORM; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG INDUSTRY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROGRAM IMPACT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; UNITED KINGDOM; MANAGEMENT; VOLUNTEER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84912053726     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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